linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.14 059/183] kconfig: Fix automatic menu creation mem leak

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Date:   Wed, 25 Apr 2018 12:34:39 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4.14 059/183] kconfig: Fix automatic menu creation mem leak

4.14-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>


[ Upstream commit ae7440ef0c8013d68c00dad6900e7cce5311bb1c ]

expr_trans_compare() always allocates and returns a new expression,
giving the following leak outline:

	...
	*Allocate*
	basedep = expr_trans_compare(basedep, E_UNEQUAL, &symbol_no);
	...
	for (menu = parent->next; menu; menu = menu->next) {
		...
		*Copy*
		dep2 = expr_copy(basedep);
		...
		*Free copy*
		expr_free(dep2);
	}
	*basedep lost!*

Fix by freeing 'basedep' after the loop.

Summary from Valgrind on 'menuconfig' (ARCH=x86) before the fix:

	LEAK SUMMARY:
	   definitely lost: 344,376 bytes in 14,349 blocks
	   ...

Summary after the fix:

	LEAK SUMMARY:
	   definitely lost: 44,448 bytes in 1,852 blocks
	   ...

Signed-off-by: Ulf Magnusson <ulfalizer@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <alexander.levin@...rosoft.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 scripts/kconfig/menu.c |    1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

--- a/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
+++ b/scripts/kconfig/menu.c
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ void menu_finalize(struct menu *parent)
 			menu->parent = parent;
 			last_menu = menu;
 		}
+		expr_free(basedep);
 		if (last_menu) {
 			parent->list = parent->next;
 			parent->next = last_menu->next;